From mark at purdue.edu Thu Sep 11 06:19:25 2014
From: mark at purdue.edu (Mark Senn)
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:19:25 -0400
Subject: [Purdue-pm] liking Perl 6
Message-ID: <40046.1410441565@pier.ecn.purdue.edu>
Purdue Perl Mongers,
I've been using Perl 6 and like it much better than Perl 5.
Perl 6 is a complete redesign and rewrite of Perl 5.
Programming in Perl 6 still "feels like" programming in Perl 5.
It would be unrealistic for me to learn all of Perl 6 proficiently soon
after it is ready for production so I'm getting familar with it now by
reading about Perl 6 and writing small, simple programs that don't need
any currently unimplemented Perl 6 modules.
The following is excerpted from a message by Kamil Ku?aga
about how to get started learning Perl 6:
I propose to start:
http://perlgeek.de/en/article/5-to-6 to know biggest differences
then:
http://doc.perl6.org/language.html and of course rest of
http://doc.perl6.org/
If you want something really verbose http://perlcabal.org/syn/ Even
though it is mainly targeted to compiler authors it great because is
the most complete
Also http://perl6.org contains link to other resources
I hope didn't write to much for a first time
The Rakudo implementation of Perl 6 doesn't have all Perl 6 features.
Only a tiny fraction of Perl 5 modules have been implemented in Perl 6.
There is more new stuff in Perl 6 than there is all stuff in Perl 5
so my advice is start getting familiar with Perl 6 now.
To do the best work use the sharpest tools.
-mark
From gizmo at purdue.edu Thu Sep 11 07:28:04 2014
From: gizmo at purdue.edu (Joe Kline)
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 10:28:04 -0400
Subject: [Purdue-pm] liking Perl 6
In-Reply-To: <40046.1410441565@pier.ecn.purdue.edu>
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This was recently created:
https://github.com/tadzik/rakudobrew
If it's anything like the other "brews" it should make tinkering with
Perl6 easier. Especially with their release schedule. They used to
release monthly or so, not sure if they've kept that tempo up or not.
joe
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From mark at ecn.purdue.edu Thu Sep 11 08:20:02 2014
From: mark at ecn.purdue.edu (Mark Senn)
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 11:20:02 -0400
Subject: [Purdue-pm] liking Perl 6
In-Reply-To: <5411B174.6050209@purdue.edu>
References: <40046.1410441565@pier.ecn.purdue.edu>
<5411B174.6050209@purdue.edu>
Message-ID: <35589.1410448802@pier.ecn.purdue.edu>
> If it's anything like the other "brews" it should make tinkering with
> Perl6 easier. Especially with their release schedule. They used to
> release monthly or so, not sure if they've kept that tempo up or not.
The following information is condensed from rakudo.org
A new version of the Rakudo Perl 6 compiler is released monthly.
Rakudo Star is
A useful, usable, "early adopter" distribution of Perl 6.
It includes more than just a Perl 6 compiler.
A new version gets released every several months.
The latest Rakudo Star was released in August 2014.
-mark
Perl 5 is not dead, it is a dead end
---Elizabeth Mattijsen, 2014-09-05
Say hello to Perl 6.
---Mark Senn, 2014-09-11
From pmiguel at purdue.edu Thu Sep 18 12:54:18 2014
From: pmiguel at purdue.edu (Phillip San Miguel)
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 15:54:18 -0400
Subject: [Purdue-pm] liking Perl 6
In-Reply-To: <40046.1410441565@pier.ecn.purdue.edu>
References: <40046.1410441565@pier.ecn.purdue.edu>
Message-ID: <541B386A.6070205@purdue.edu>
Hi Mark,
Glad to hear that you and Perl 6 have patched up your off-again,
on-again, relationship. I think we could tell from the beginning that
you were destined to be together in the end.
Regards,
Phillip
On 9/11/2014 9:19 AM, Mark Senn wrote:
> Purdue Perl Mongers,
>
> I've been using Perl 6 and like it much better than Perl 5.
>
> Perl 6 is a complete redesign and rewrite of Perl 5.
> Programming in Perl 6 still "feels like" programming in Perl 5.
>
> It would be unrealistic for me to learn all of Perl 6 proficiently soon
> after it is ready for production so I'm getting familar with it now by
> reading about Perl 6 and writing small, simple programs that don't need
> any currently unimplemented Perl 6 modules.
>
> The following is excerpted from a message by Kamil Ku?aga
> about how to get started learning Perl 6:
>
> I propose to start:
> http://perlgeek.de/en/article/5-to-6 to know biggest differences
>
> then:
> http://doc.perl6.org/language.html and of course rest of
> http://doc.perl6.org/
>
> If you want something really verbose http://perlcabal.org/syn/ Even
> though it is mainly targeted to compiler authors it great because is
> the most complete
>
> Also http://perl6.org contains link to other resources
>
> I hope didn't write to much for a first time
>
> The Rakudo implementation of Perl 6 doesn't have all Perl 6 features.
> Only a tiny fraction of Perl 5 modules have been implemented in Perl 6.
> There is more new stuff in Perl 6 than there is all stuff in Perl 5
> so my advice is start getting familiar with Perl 6 now.
>
> To do the best work use the sharpest tools.
>
> -mark
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